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Thursday, 7 March 2013

Picture Books

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Swedish
Writer and illustrator

Ole
Konnecke

Anton And The
Battle

Gecko
Press 2013 $34.99hb 32pages

ISBN 978 1
8775 7926 4

Themes:
Sequels/ Strength/ Verbal battles

Anything
Luke can do Anton can do better. And louder. And with much more strength. Their
claims of bravado become more and more over the top until - along comes a small brown puppy and
both boys end up in a tree. I found this a really perceptive and realistic
story as the little boys’ claims are acted out in most preschools and primary
playgrounds every day. I loved Anton Can Do Magic (Gecko Press 2011)
but I think I loved this present title even more. Great for sharing and for
starting some ‘battles’ about what we feel we can do better than anyone else.

Preschool
up/ Age 3 up

NEWS
FLASH!!

I was talking to (well,
emailing) Elena de Roo yesterday (The
Rain Train/ Ophelia Wild, Secret Spy) and she told me her first novel for
upper primary, early secondary readers has been accepted by Walkers, Australia.
Tentatively called The Winning Name,
it is due for publication early next year. I was privileged to be able to read
it in manuscript form and I am convinced this will be a popular read for Year 7
up